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Fibrillar surgicel for me. However for Titan, I was thinking turniquet
Hoping. As docs, Reza and Fowler should recognize the hemorrhage and stop the bleeding. Time for a milestone update !
For those that have personally talked to JH or Reiza: will there be a distinct Q1 milestone announcement or will we have to wait until the Q1 MD&A conference (in May) ?
I am trying to reconcile whether or not it's a razor blade sales philosophy would work in this sector.
What happened on Wednesday on iHub? All the posts from that day have been deleted. I know that I posted at least two.....
Great finds SG, but the Meere website has not been updated since 2012 and the blog page has been dormant since April 2013. Makes one wonder about the product's viability/future.....
An undesired update about a company that nobody here cares about from a rinky dink company. Exciting indeed.
(Sarcasm doe not translate well when typed)
Hopefully. I am expecting a $0.10 drop tomorrow. Sigh
I don't think it would be a tremendous negative if an additional 5 mm port would be needed for certain advanced procedures, in addition to the single port site.
One should never say never....
Don't mind paying taxes on profit. Better than not having the profits to be taxed on.
I still use tacks regularly. They are actually cheaper than fibrin glue. The of glue for mesh fixation is actually an off label use as well.
You cannot compare operative times for the two procedures; there was significant editing on both sides of the screen. Also, the amount and quality of the intra-adominal adhesions were more significant on the straight laparoscopic side then on the robotic side.
The technique used for the robotic side was not an accepted technique, the details of which are beyond the scope of this board. It does not reflect adversely on the DaVinci.
One CAN tack using the robot, since the multiple ports, including accessory reports, allows the use of standard straight stick instruments, such as a tacker.
I agree with you that the straight stick laparoscopic repair was much more aesthetically pleasing. I know Karl Leblanc personally; he is a very talented surgeon.
In general, the da Vinci robot will add between $500-$1,000 per case.
I was buoyed by the fact that, despite consolidation and a midday drop of more than $.20, she was able to rally back and close down significantly less.
I would rather pay more tax on a lot of money than less tax on a little money!
Could this be due to an uplist application; is an application for uplisting to NASDAQ or NYSE public knowledge?
And what happens if one waits to sell until Titan begins to have sales? Would the investment still can be considered a PFIC at that point?
Question for the board: is an application for uplisting to NASDAQ or NYSE public knowledge?
I agree with you, I think. Not sure my heart or my acid production could handle those kind of swings though.
Here is the math:
20.00-2.50=17.50. 17.50/2.50*100%=700%
20.00-2.00=18.00. 18.00/2.00*100%=900%
The original value is NOT part of the increase.
700% by my calculations.
ORrep
Sounds good. I don't have private message capabilities. Can you PM me with contact info?
Well done Adrock. You beat me to it. Another mosquito that needed to be swatted.
There is a big bump in volume today. Is something brewing behind the scenes?
From your mouth, gt, to...,,
ORrep:
No offense intended. Reps are indeed critical to the integration and maintenance of new, and old, technology. Interestingly, the DaVinci rep is the only rep that can routinely penetrate the gauntlet of Vendormate and the New Product Committee rules preventing uninvited reps into the OR at my "house".
However, a great salesman cannot sell a turd to anyone. If the product is sound, it will be easier to move.
Regarding relationships with Intuitive reps, my philosophy on reps is as follows: the best sales rep has a product that sells itself. Regardless of knowledge, enthusiasm, level of support, if a rep's product is not good, I don't want to talk to them.
I cannot even remember the former ISRG reps at my hospital. By way of background, I am DaVinci trained and certified, but drifted away from the 'bot because there is much advantage to my practice over straight stick MIS surgery (I perform over 400 laparoscopic procedures per year). I would guesstimate that I have seen 3-4 different reps in the OR in the last couple of years.
I am long on Titan because I think that the technology will sell itself. It will just need someone to walk it into the door (figuratively, that is).
TMD $1.49 Can = $1.20 US. Where is the divergence? Exchange rate is 1.24....
With deference to Roger Waters, is there anybody out there?
No posts today?
That survey came out about a month ago....
It is good to have pointofreturn back.
Thanks, point, for the great Seeking Alpha article.
Your return presence on this board seems to have brought back sanity, objectivity, and order.
Welcome home.
That's exactly what this board needs. Another pump and dump are bringing nothing objective to the board except his unsolicited opinion. Thx for chiming in (sarcasm).
I have decided to take an observer's position on the board for the time being. I am going to sit back, make some popcorn, and watch the fireworks fly amongst the rest of you.
Everyone has their position and everyone has their opinion.
I guess Rodney King was wrong, we can't all just get along.
Medical students have little to no access to advanced surgical training devices. After four years of medical school, they proceed to residency programs. For general surgery this can be 5 to 7 years. For urology, 5 to 6 years and for OB/GYN, four years.
Fellowship training may add 1 to 2 years onto this total. During residency and fellowship training, they are given graded responsibility and are allowed to perform parts or all of surgical procedures under attending surgeon supervision.
To think that universities have no access to such robotic devices is simplistic. I am on faculty of a major university program in Philadelphia. We have three main teaching hospitals. Between those three hospitals, we own 10 da Vinci robots…
Spot on Duke. Couldn't have said it any more eloquently than that!
- 0.01 on 60k shares. Not exactly a stampede for the exit
Most MRIs in hospitals our house in the basement. The strong magnets required for the MRI involve significant shielding of the room to prevent the machines from affecting other medical and nonmedical devices. The cost to build a room or rooms that would allow an MRI to function around other sophisticated devices and monitors would seem, to me, to be prohibitive. I would also question the effect of the MRI's magnet on the OR instrumentation as well as anesthesia machines and monitors.
I own 60k shares at an average of $1.43; I am very much in the red, but I realize that I am SMALL POTATOES to management and would not expect them to reply to my calls or emails.
I have a bigger $ share in Apple, but would not expect Tim Cook to respond to a call or email from me if I complained about a delay in the iWatch release. I am amused when folks like JohnQ complain when Hargrove or Fowler don't talk to them directly. We are just investors; we are NOT the company.
From my perspective, JohnQ has two choices: sit pat and stop complaining, or SELL.
Looks like our new bottom is 1.15....for now